. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . aths of empire, following the dim trail of a human footprint untilwith the years it broadened into a highway of civilization; battlingwith the dangers and privations of his perilous journey across the con-tinent, as if, instead of continuous peril and starvation, and, perchance,sudden death at the hands of red or white assassin, a jeweled crown, akingly sceptre and robes of royalty waited him at
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . aths of empire, following the dim trail of a human footprint untilwith the years it broadened into a highway of civilization; battlingwith the dangers and privations of his perilous journey across the con-tinent, as if, instead of continuous peril and starvation, and, perchance,sudden death at the hands of red or white assassin, a jeweled crown, akingly sceptre and robes of royalty waited him at its farther end. It was not, however, the search for power that led thither thebold, adventurous spirit. It was a mightier incentive. Few, indeed, of the hardy bands of pioneers who journeyed beyondthose trackless wastes dreamed of the empire that time would unfoldon the shores of the distant Pacific; that while Anglo-Saxon spiritand enterprise should lay its hand of industry upon the distant line ofcontinent, where the horizon drops into the sea, liberty and law wouldgo hand in hand to fashion the rude elements of material society,mold the manhood and form the superstructure of government, in. A VISION OF OUR WESTERN ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 23 accordance with the progressive ideas of civilization in the home val-leys they had left behind, in their conquest over nature in the daringsearch for gold. The discovery of gold in large quantities upon the Pacific coastwas the mighty incentive that led thither the adventurous Americanpioneer. Men of the coolest blood and bravest spirit nocked to thenew El Dorado. Not since the walls of Rome fell beneath the imperialblows of Tudor and Plantagenet had such a scene been presented asthe crumbling of ancient mountain walls beneath the prowess andgenius of their descendants. They differed, however, from theirancient ancestry in this: this conquered empire was one of peace,not of war. The enemy they subdued was that of natu
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